WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BRISTOL, Va. Southwest Virginia Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) will permanently close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. If you have questions about your application for FEMA disaster assistance, you can still receive help. Call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362. Phone lines operate seven days a week. If you use video relay service, captioned telephone service   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 6 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following joint statement on Dec. 4, 2024, with the Comptroller of the Currency, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and state financial regulators: Five federal financial regulatory agencies, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and state financial regulators issued a statement today to provide supervise  more

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command issued the following news: By Johannes Schmidt, MCSC Office of Public Affairs and Communication Marine Corps Systems Command Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. -- Setting the Scene: The Free-World United Since World War II, the U.S. has led the Free World, shaping a Western order based on free trade, democracy, and a fundamental respect for the rule of law. In June 1963--with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will fly in aircraft manufacturer Electra's EL2 Goldfinch experimental prototype aircraft on Sunday, Dec. 8. Members of the media are invited to speak with Nelson and Electra leaders just prior to the flight at 11:45 a.m. EST at Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia. Electra designed the experimental aircraft with the goals of reducing emissions and noise and connecting new locations for regi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 6 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * NCUA Releases Credit Union System Performance Data for the Third Quarter of 2024 * * * According to the latest financial performance data released today by the National Credit Union Administration, total loans outstanding in federally insured credit unions increased $41 billion, or 2.6 percent, over the year ending in the third quarter of 2024, to $1.63 trillion.   more

ROANOKE, Virginia, Dec. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: The leader of a 20-member conspiracy that distributed numerous kilograms of methamphetamine throughout southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee was sentenced today in federal court. Christopher "CJ" Johnson, 47, of Bristol, Tennessee, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Today he was sentenced to 20 years in federal   more